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Conan O'Brien entertains hundreds of thousands of people each year. On a recent clandestine trip to Cuba, however, the TBS latenight host had to please just one - and for several harrowing minutes, thought he had failed. O'Brien quietly journeyed last month to Cuba in hopes of giving viewers a taste of Cuba's culture now that President Obama has declared the United States will "normalize" relations with the island country just 90 miles off the coast of Florida. A group of four ("Conan" executive producer Jeff Ross, head writer Mike Sweeney and O'Brien's personal assistant were in tow) was to meet up with six staffers - camera crew, audio...

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Conan O'Brien entertains hundreds of thousands of people each year. On a recent clandestine trip to Cuba, however, the TBS latenight host had to please just one - and for several harrowing minutes, thought he had failed.O'Brien quietly journeyed last...

On Wednesday's show, Conan O'Brien will be found in a familiar place: behind a desk.
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But for most of the hour (11 p.m. EST on TBS), "Conan" will find its host footloose...

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